March 2006
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March 21-22 2006
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across Hawaii Tuesday:
Lihue, Kauai – 80F
Honolulu, Oahu – 79
Kaneohe, Oahu – 79
Kahului, Maui -Â 82
Hilo, Hawaii – 81
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 81
Temperatures early Wednesday morning ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at the 4 a.m. hour:
Kailua-kona – 73
Hilo airport – 68
Precipitation Totals – The following numbers represent the largest precipitation totals during the last 24 hours (as of Wednesday morning) on each of the major islands, including:
3.96 KAPAHI, KAUAI
2.52 NIU VALLEY, OAHU
0.18 MOLOKAI
0.77 LANAI
0.01 KAHOOLAWE
0.31 KAUPO GAP, MAUI
0.72 PAHALA, BIG ISLAND
Weather Chart – Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map…showing a low pressure system to the NW of the islands, with its associated trough to our west. At the same time we find a high pressure system far NE, with its associated ridge extending SW to near the Big Island. This will keep light winds around, tending SW or south…today into Thursday. Here’s a Weather Map Symbol page for clarification about what all those funny weather symbols mean.
Hawaii’s Mountains – Here’s a link to the live webcam on the summit of near 14,000 foot Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii. The tallest peak on the island of Maui is the Haleakala Crater, which is near 10,000 feet in elevation. These two webcams are only available during the daylight hours here in the islands…that is unless there’s a big moon rising just after sunset for an hour or two!
Satellite Images – To view the cloud conditions we have here in Hawaii, please use the following satellite links, starting off with the Infrared Satellite Image of the islands to see all the clouds around the state during the day and night. This next image is one that gives close images of the islands only during the daytime hours, and is referred to as a Close-up visible image. This next image shows a larger view of the Pacific…giving perspective to the wider ranging cloud patterns in the Pacific Ocean…out from the islands. To help you keep track of where any showers may be around the islands, here’s the latest animated radar image.
Aloha Paragraphs
That special time of day in the islands…
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The short break in the locally rainy weather that we saw Monday, is already slipping away fast. A new low pressure system is moving towards Hawaii from the west and SW already. The latest satellite imagery shows considerable clouds edging into our area, most of which will start off as high and middle level clouds. It looks like there’s a very good chance that we’ll see the next wave of showers arriving today. This new batch of wet weather will stick around through Thursday. As a result of this faster than expected return to showery weather…the NWS forecast office in Honolulu has issued a new flash flood watch for the entire state Tuesday.
We thought we might be able to stretch Monday’s nice weather into today, but alas, it isn’t turning out that way. Therefore, we’ll see increasing clouds just about everywhere in the islands now. These clouds will be of the multi-level variety, with embedded heavy showers, or even a thunderstorm in the mix. Anytime we have thunderstorms around, there’s always that chance that we’d see localized flooding. This isn’t going to be a solid two days of rainy weather, there will be breaks, and some places will receive much less than others. Although there’s no way around saying that we’ll lose our recent Hawaiian sunshine in large measure again now.
The latest computer forecast models show that we should see the back end of this showery weather by later Thursday. It’s always good to know that such an event like this won’t last forever! Friday and Saturday should be improved weather days, with a break in showers, or at least the threat of heavy showers. Those same models go on to show that yet another wave of low pressure will slide in from the west by Sunday. This suggests that we could have another round of wet weather then into Monday of early next week. I can well understand that this isn’t good news for folks coming here on vacation! I also know that residents of Hawaii are getting tired of all the wet weather too! It appears that the trade winds will return next Tuesday, with vastly better weather starting back up then!
It’s early Tuesday evening here in Kula, Maui, as I start this sunset commentary. Despite the high overcast, which muted our famous Hawaiian sunshine, Tuesday was a pretty nice day. There was occasional flooding rainfall on Kauai and Oahu, and a little here on Maui briefly, which is a preview of things to come it appears. I’m going to include a link to this satellite image, and also this looping radar image, so you can see what things are looking like here in the islands if you’d like. I was able to get to the beach during my lunch break, and found the nicest little waves breaking. There were breaks in the cirrus canopy too, which allowed some sun to beam down, to the delight of all the many beach goers! As I sat down this evening to begin writing at my laptop, I could hear a couple of rumblings of thunder in the distance. Although there hasn’t been a drop of rain yet. The expectation is that we’re going to be getting wetter soon, so stay tuned. I hope you have a nice Tuesday night, and that you will join me here again Wednesday morning for the next narrative. Aloha for now…Glenn.
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March 20-21 2006
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across Hawaii Monday:
Lihue, Kauai – 80F
Honolulu, Oahu – 79
Kaneohe, Oahu – 83
Kahului, Maui -Â 83
Hilo, Hawaii – 85
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 83
Temperatures early Tuesday morning ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at the 4 a.m. hour:
Kailua-kona – 72
Kahului airport – 66
Precipitation Totals – The following numbers represent the largest precipitation totals during the last 24 hours (as of Tuesday morning) on each of the major islands, including:
0.10 MOLOAA DAIRY, KAUAI
0.29 HAWAII KAI, OAHU
0.15 MOLOKAI
0.02 LANAI
0.02 KAHOOLAWE
0.13 KULA BRANCH STATION, MAUI
1.30 PAHOA, BIG ISLAND
Weather Chart – Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map…showing a low pressure system to the NW of the islands, with its associated trough. This will keep light-moderate winds blowing, tending SW or south…today into Wednesday. Here’s a Weather Map Symbol page for clarification about what all those funny weather symbols mean.
Hawaii’s Mountains – Here’s a link to the live webcam on the summit of near 14,000 foot Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii. The tallest peak on the island of Maui is the Haleakala Crater, which is near 10,000 feet in elevation. These two webcams are only available during the daylight hours here in the islands…that is unless there’s a big moon rising just after sunset for an hour or two!
Satellite Images – To view the cloud conditions we have here in Hawaii, please use the following satellite links, starting off with the Infrared Satellite Image of the islands to see all the clouds around the state during the day and night. This next image is one that gives close images of the islands only during the daytime hours, and is referred to as a Close-up visible image. This next image shows a larger view of the Pacific…giving perspective to the wider ranging cloud patterns in the Pacific Ocean…out from the islands. To help you keep track of where any showers may be around the islands, here’s the latest animated radar image.
Aloha Paragraphs
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The inclement weather pattern over the islands remained in place this past weekend. A trough of low pressure hung right over the islands, which kept cloudy skies in place, along with showers, some of which were rather prolonged and heavy. There were even reports of thunderstorms in some locations. Saturday saw locally heavy showers, which continued into Sunday. Sunday was actually the cloudier of the two days, with persistent showers stretching across the state of Hawaii.
The latest atmospheric soundings, you know, where they release ballons and measure the temperature and humidity aloft, is showing drier air now. This is being confirmed by water vapor images as well. This is a clear indicator that we should be seeing some improvement in our local weather conditions today…finally! Another positive turn of events is the fact that the NWS forecast office in Honolulu has cancelled its long last flash flood watch! This is good news, although we aren’t out of the woods yet.
The next couple of days should have better weather, although there are apt to still be some showers around. There will be light winds, and lots of water that needs to be evaporated from the soils. This combination will likely cause afternoon clouds to buildup around the mountains. These convective clouds will drop showers in places, although the coasts may now be spared the showery weather, with much better weather for beach goers in general. Some of the afternoon showers may still be on the heavy side locally.
The latest computer forecast models are showing another deep trough influencing our local weather by mid-week. This strong trough of low pressure will bring back the threat of unsettled weather. This will probably manifest itself as increased clouds and showers, with some heavy downpours around starting Wednesday into Thursday. This downturn in our area, on most of the islands, will keep off and on showers around, then possible clearing Friday and Saturday…with more showers starting up Sunday.
It’s early Monday evening here in Kula, Maui, as I start today’s sunset commentary.  It was quite a lovely day here in the islands, with finally an abundance of Hawaiian sunshine beaming down. While I was at the beach during my lunch break, it was totally sunny and warm. The water too felt delightfully warm as well, as I swam around waiting for small waves to ride into shore. This afternoon got cloudy in places upcountry, and I ran into a shower coming up through the pasturelands towards Kula. Looking out the window of my weather tower just before sunset, there are alternating periods of fog, and some showers too, although it is relatively warm. Tuesday looks like another very pleasant day in terms of weather, which will make everyone happy again. Starting on Wednesday we have what looks like another round of potentially wet weather in places for a couple of day, you can find out more about that in the paragraphs above. I hope you have a great Monday night, and you will plan on meeting me here again on Tuesday, for the next weather narrative from paradise, yes, it is paradise even when there are tropical showers falling! Aloha for now…Glenn.Â
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March 20-21Â Â 2006
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across Hawaii Sunday:
Lihue, Kauai – 76F
Honolulu, Oahu – 74
Kaneohe, Oahu – 75
Kahului, Maui -Â 78
Hilo, Hawaii – 73
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 74
Temperatures early Monday morning ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at the 4 a.m. hour:
Kailua-kona – 69
Lihue airport – 64
Precipitation Totals – The following numbers represent the largest precipitation totals during the last 24 hours (as of Monday morning) on each of the major islands, including:
3.20 PRINCEVILLE AIRPORT, KAUAI
5.12 PUNALUU PUMP, OAHU
2.02 MOLOKAI
2.62 LANAI
0.66 KAHOOLAWE
4.74 KAUPO GAP, MAUI
4.33 KAPAPALA RANCH, BIG ISLAND
Weather Chart – Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map…showing a low pressure trough nearby and to our west of the islands. This will keep light and variable winds around today through Tuesday…tending SE in direction. Here’s a Weather Map Symbol page for clarification about what all those funny weather symbols mean.
Hawaii’s Mountains – Here’s a link to the live webcam on the summit of near 14,000 foot Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii. The tallest peak on the island of Maui is the Haleakala Crater, which is near 10,000 feet in elevation. These two webcams are only available during the daylight hours here in the islands…that is unless there’s a big moon rising just after sunset for an hour or two!
Satellite Images – To view the cloud conditions we have here in Hawaii, please use the following satellite links, starting off with the Infrared Satellite Image of the islands to see all the clouds around the state during the day and night. This next image is one that gives close images of the islands only during the daytime hours, and is referred to as a Close-up visible image. This next image shows a larger view of the Pacific…giving perspective to the wider ranging cloud patterns in the Pacific Ocean…out from the islands. To help you keep track of where any showers may be around the islands, here’s the latest animated radar image.
Aloha Paragraphs
It’s time to head down to the beach again!
Photo: Douglas Peebles
The inclement weather pattern over the islands remained in place this past weekend. A trough of low pressure hung right over the islands, which kept cloudy skies in place, along with showers, some of which were rather prolonged and heavy. There were even reports of thunderstorms in some locations. Saturday saw locally heavy showers, which continued into Sunday. Sunday was actually the cloudier of the two days, with persistent showers stretching across the state of Hawaii.
The latest atmospheric soundings, you know, where they release ballons and measure the temperature and humidity aloft, is showing drier air above now. This is being confirmed by water vapor images as well. This is a clear indicator that we should be seeing some improvement in our local weather conditions today…finally! Another positive turn of events is the fact that the NWS forecast office in Honolulu has cancelled its long last flash flood watch! This is good news, although we aren’t out of the woods yet.
The next couple of days should have better weather, although there are apt to still be some showers around. There will be light winds, and lots of water that needs to be evaporated from the soils. This combination will likely cause afternoon clouds to buildup around the mountains. These convective clouds will drop showers in places, although the coasts may now be spared the showery weather, with much better weather for beach goers in general. Some of the afternoon showers may still be on the heavy side locally.
The latest computer forecast models are showing another deep trough influencing our local weather by mid-week. This strong trough of low pressure will bring back the threat of unsettled weather. This will probably manifest itself as increased clouds and showers, with some heavy downpours around starting Wednesday. This downturn in our area, on most of the islands, will keep off and on showers around through the rest of the week. I know that this isn’t the best news you’ve ever heard, although things could change for the better.
It’s early Monday morning here in Kula, Maui, as I start this last paragraph of today’s narrative. I can actually see stars shining outside, and it’s not raining for a change! First of all let me apologize for the problems I’ve had with this particular page of my website the last couple of days. Everything’s been ok with my site, but this page has been giving me trouble. It’s still not working right, and I’m hoping that I can get this update online this morning…I’m keeping my fingers crossed! At any rate, we’re in for a respite from the “bad weather” of late, that is the good news. As I mentioned above, the computer forecast models want to bring in another batch of showery weather starting Wednesday. At this point it appears that that will happen. I’ll be back later with more weather updates on this situation. I’ll be here later too for a sunset commentary as well. Aloha for now…Glenn.
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March 18-19 2006
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across Hawaii Saturday:
Lihue, Kauai – 77F
Honolulu, Oahu – 81
Kaneohe, Oahu – 79
Kahului, Maui – 84
Hilo, Hawaii – 77
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 82
Temperatures early Sunday morning ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at the 4 a.m. hour:
Kaneohe, Oahu – 75
Hilo airport – 68
Precipitation Totals – The following numbers represent the largest precipitation totals during the last 24 hours (as of Sunday morning) on each of the major islands, including:
3.91 KOKEE, KAUAI
1.27 WAIANAE VALLEY, OAHU
0.03 MOLOKAI
0.02 LANAI
0.55 KAHOOLAWE
1.17 ULUPALAKUA, MAUI
2.93 MOUNTAIN VIEW, BIG ISLAND
Weather Chart – Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map…showing a low pressure trough nearby and to our west of the islands. This will keep light and variable winds around today through Monday. Here’s a Weather Map Symbol page for clarification about what all those funny weather symbols mean.
Hawaii’s Mountains – Here’s a link to the live webcam on the summit of near 14,000 foot Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii. The tallest peak on the island of Maui is the Haleakala Crater, which is near 10,000 feet in elevation. These two webcams are only available during the daylight hours here in the islands…that is unless there’s a big moon rising just after sunset for an hour or two!
Satellite Images – To view the cloud conditions we have here in Hawaii, please use the following satellite links, starting off with the Infrared Satellite Image of the islands to see all the clouds around the state during the day and night. This next image is one that gives close images of the islands only during the daytime hours, and is referred to as a Close-up visible image. This next image shows a larger view of the Pacific…giving perspective to the wider ranging cloud patterns in the Pacific Ocean…out from the islands. To help you keep track of where any showers may be around the islands, here’s the latest animated radar image.
Aloha Paragraphs
Heavy showers around in places today!
The threat of heavy rain will remain in place today, with locally heavy afternoon showers. The reason being that a trough of low pressure remains to our west. At the same time, the NWS forecast office in Honolulu is keeping the flash flood watch in effect through Monday. There will still be showers around in places, with the greatest likelihood of their occurrence being the upcountry interior sections of all the islands during the afternoon hours, although the threat of very heavy rain or thunderstorms remains in place just about everywhere.
It will be sunnier in places today, although that extra warmth will cause whatever moisture that is around…to rise into cumulus clouds later in the days. These afternoon convective buildups will probably drop some showers, and some of them will be locally heavy. Thus, the prospect of more localized flooding precipitation. In relation to this weekend, it looks like Saturday will be the favored day in terms of better weather…with a possible increase in shower coverage Sunday.
As a matter of fact, the latest computer forecast models indicate that off and on showery weather will continue into next week. The good thing is that it will be off and on showery, and not everywhere, but rather focused again in those favorable locations for rainy weather. It doesn’t seem likely that we’ll see a widespread rainy period, but probably more like certain days during the upcoming week will have rainier afternoons than some others. At this point those afternoons include Sunday, Tuesday and next Thursday.
It’s early Saturday evening here in Kula, Maui. Hi, it was quite a day in the world of weather, with still numerous heavy downpouring rain in places! I heard a clap of thunder just at sunset, although the location of this thunderstorm was’nt close enough to see the associated lightning bolt. I was amazed at the number of thunderstorm cells that popped-up over Maui County today. It seemed the most intense of which were over and around Wailea and Makena…at least it looked that way from my vantage point. Once I completed my town trips in Kahului, I headed over to Paia to shop for food, where it was totally dry. I drove into a wall of fog as I got higher into the upcountry area on the way home. Dense fog changed to very heavy rainfall just before the sunset. It really came down for about a half an hour, was great to watch! I’m about to go down and plate some crusted large shrimp, along with egg noodles, and organic salad mix for dinner. As it’s Saturday night I have a glass of Mclaren Vale, Kangarilla Road, 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon going, which is very tasty. I hope you have a pleasant night. I’ll be back Sunday morning with the next weather update. Aloha for now…Glenn.
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March 17-18 2006
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across Hawaii Friday:
Lihue, Kauai – 75F
Honolulu, Oahu – 80
Kaneohe, Oahu – 82
Kahului, Maui – 86
Hilo, Hawaii – 80
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 81
Temperatures early Saturday morning ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at the 4 a.m. hour:
Hilo airport – 73
Kahului airport – 67
Precipitation Totals – The following numbers represent the largest precipitation totals during the last 24 hours (as of Saturday morning) on each of the major islands, including:
2.00 MOUNT WAIALEALE, KAUAI
0.22 SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, OAHU
0.25 MOLOKAI
0.00 LANAI
0.00 KAHOOLAWE
0.80 KULA BRANCH STATION, MAUI
0.37 HAKALAU, BIG ISLAND
Weather Chart – Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map…showing a low pressure trough nearby and to our west. This will keep light and variable winds around today through Monday. Here’s a Weather Map Symbol page for clarification about what all those funny weather symbols mean.
Hawaii’s Mountains – Here’s a link to the live webcam on the summit of near 14,000 foot Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii. The tallest peak on the island of Maui is the Haleakala Crater, which is near 10,000 feet in elevation. These two webcams are only available during the daylight hours here in the islands…that is unless there’s a big moon rising just after sunset for an hour or two!
Satellite Images – To view the cloud conditions we have here in Hawaii, please use the following satellite links, starting off with the Infrared Satellite Image of the islands to see all the clouds around the state during the day and night. This next image is one that gives close images of the islands only during the daytime hours, and is referred to as a Close-up visible image. This next image shows a larger view of the Pacific…giving perspective to the wider ranging cloud patterns in the Pacific Ocean…out from the islands. To help you keep track of where any showers may be around the islands, here’s the latest animated radar image.
Aloha Paragraphs
Golf is a great game, on a sunny day in the Islands!
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The threat of heavy showers will ease up a bit Friday, although Kauai will remain very wet in places. The Garden Island of Kauai in particular has lived through excessively rainy weather for most of the last week. Flooding has been a common word on that western-most island in the chain. The other islands too have taken their turns in getting wet, with Oahu and the Big Island experiencing some flooding at times as well. The islands of Maui County have been spared the worst of this inclement weather, at least so far.
The low pressure system to our NW, the one that has contributed greatly to our unsettled weather pattern, is moving away some Friday. However, and before anyone gets too giddy about this…a trough of low pressure will remain in place to our west and over Kauai. At the same time, the NWS forecast office in Honolulu is keeping the flash flood watch in effect through Saturday. There will still be showers around in places, with the greatest likelihood of their occurrence being on Kauai and Oahu, including the upcountry interior sections of all the islands during the afternoon hours. The good news is that there will actually be more sunshine around today, especially during the morning hours.
Actually, the daytime heating today, will likely cause whatever moisture that is around, and there’s no lack of that…to rise into cumulus clouds later in the days. These afternoon convective buildups will probably drop some showers, and some of them will be locally heavy. Thus, the prospect of more localized flooding precipitation. At the same time, the latest satellite images still show heavy showers lurking over the waters near Kauai and Niihau. These showery clouds could easily slip back over those already water logged islands. I’d suggest that if you see sunshine in your area, get outside and enjoy it, maybe take a quick trip to the beach, as unfortunately it won’t become a common thing quite yet.
As a matter of fact, and I cringe in having to write what I’m going to be writing next…the latest computer forecast models show a new low pressure system heading our way this weekend. This will probably increase our clouds and showers again. This is not good news, and there’s hardly a way that I can present it in an upbeat manner! The truth is that we’ve had enough rainfall, we certainly don’t need anymore. Some of the computer forecast models are suggesting that off and on showery weather will continue into next week. The one good thing is that it will be off and on showery, and not everywhere, but rather focused again in those favorable locations for rainy weather. It’s not an overly negative weather prospect, and don’t forget, the weather has a way of changing in ways that are surprising, often for the better!
It’s early Friday evening, I just ended my long work day here at the Pacific Disaster Center. I’m still in Kihei, ready to drive over to Kahului, maybe catch a bite to eat before seeing a new film. It’s called V for Vendetta, a new sci-fi thriller, which is a good way to relax after a very big week of weather tracking. It’s a little over two hours long, and I’m really looking forward to just sitting there, munching on unsalted popcorn…and losing myself in the film. I have an appointment to do my taxes Saturday, and then a haircut Sunday, which are the only punctuation points so far, for this much looked forward to weekend. I’ll be back early Saturday morning with more weather news. By the way, just before I leave, I want to thank all the businesses who have sponsored links on the left hand margin of all my webpages…and to all the folks who have left interesting comments in the reply box below. We’re havin’ some fun now! Aloha…Glenn.Â
p.s. The total number of page hits Thursday, March 16th totaled 17,061. That’s a lot of folks looking at all of the various web pages here at Hawaii Weather Today! I trust you are finding what you need in terms of your weather needs. Just for the record, I still have five spots open for advertising links, please see below:
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March 16-17 2006
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across Hawaii Thursday:
Lihue, Kauai – 74F
Honolulu, Oahu – 79
Kaneohe, Oahu – 77
Kahului, Maui – 80
Hilo, Hawaii – 73
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 77
Temperatures early Friday morning ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at the 4 a.m. hour:
Lihue, Kauai – 74
Hilo airport – 64
Precipitation Totals – The following numbers represent the largest precipitation totals during the last 24 hours (as of Friday morning) on each of the major islands, including:
6.80 MOUNT WAIALEALE, KAUAI
2.30 KAHUKU, OAHU
0.00 MOLOKAI
0.03 LANAI
0.00 KAHOOLAWE
2.08 KULA BRANCH STATION, MAUI
0.43 GLENWOOD, BIG ISLAND
Weather Chart – Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map…showing a low pressure system to the NW….with its associated trough to our west. This will keep light and variable winds around today into Saturday. Here’s a Weather Map Symbol page for clarification about what all those funny weather symbols mean.
Hawaii’s Mountains – Here’s a link to the live webcam on the summit of near 14,000 foot Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii. The tallest peak on the island of Maui is the Haleakala Crater, which is near 10,000 feet in elevation. These two webcams are only available during the daylight hours here in the islands…that is unless there’s a big moon rising just after sunset for an hour or two!
Satellite Images – To view the cloud conditions we have here in Hawaii, please use the following satellite links, starting off with the Infrared Satellite Image of the islands to see all the clouds around the state during the day and night. This next image is one that gives close images of the islands only during the daytime hours, and is referred to as a Close-up visible image. This next image shows a larger view of the Pacific…giving perspective to the wider ranging cloud patterns in the Pacific Ocean…out from the islands. To help you keep track of where any showers may be around the islands, here’s the latest animated radar image.
Aloha Paragraphs
Double Rainbow in upcountry Maui!
The threat of showers, some of which will be locally heavy, continues to be the name of the game here in Hawaii. This is starting to sound like a broken record or something! A long lasting trough of low pressure remains anchored in place to the west of the islands. This “seemingly permanent” weather fixture, I mean feature, just doesn’t want to budge. In one form or another, this area of low pressure to the west of Kauai, has kept the Aloha state off and on wet for the last month.
The latest computer forecast models continue to paint a wet picture through the rest of this week. If that wasn’t enough, they go on to indicate wetter than normal conditions extending into next week as well. I know that folks who are coming here on vacation are starting to “freak out” some, and I can’t say I blame them. It should be stated though, that this extended off and on rainy period is just that…off and on. It hasn’t been showering constantly, and some places have hardly seem a drop.
The overlying atmosphere remains quite unstable, and shower prone. There continues to be a rich stream of tropical moisture being carried over the state on the SW upper winds. This is pumping tons of high and middle level clouds overhead, which is doing a bang-up job of dimming our famous Hawaiian sunshine. Meanwhile, the lower level rain bearing clouds are vertically stacked in places. It’s where these taller clouds are forming, that whatever flooding rainfall is happening. Recently Kauai and the Big Island have had the heaviest rains.
Actually, overnight into Thursday morning there wasn’t very much rainfall in general. It’s still cloudy as can be, although most of that is the non rainy type of high clouds. The dynamics are still in place for locally heavy showers to fall, with flooding a result. With this kind of meteorological situation going on, we could see showers popping-up just about anywhere, with the distinct threat of localized heavy showers here and there. Satellite imagery does show some occasional breaks in the overcast, so that there may even be a few sunny periods, although not many I’m afraid.
It’s early Thursday evening here in Kula, Maui, as I start this sunset commentary.  Once again the heavy rains continued to march into the island of Kauai from the waters south of that water logged island. There were showers that fell in other places too, but nothing as long lasting or intense in nature. Although a torrential downpour occurred right here in Kula late in the afternoon, ending just before I got home. As I was driving home through the pasturelands between Pukalani and Kula, I was delighted to see the most awesome double rainbow…it was spectacular! Just now the sun is setting, and before its done, let me run out on the weather deck and take a look, I’ll be right back. Alright I’m back…it turned out to be a great sunset, the middle level alto cumulus clouds lit up like a bed of coals in a bbq, I felt like throwing a piece of something on there. I got to the beach today, and once again, despite the cloudiness, it was still plenty warm enough for a pleasant beach walk and swim. I hope you have a great Thursday night, and awaken Friday morning ready to go. I’ll have a new narrative waiting for you then. Aloha for now…Glenn.Â
p.s. The total number of page hits Thursday, March 16th totaled 17,061. That’s a lot of folks looking at all of these various webpages, I trust you are finding what you need in terms of your weather needs. Just for the record, I still have five spots open for advertising links, please see below:
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March 15-16 2006
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across Hawaii Wednesday:
Lihue, Kauai – 78F
Honolulu, Oahu – 77
Kaneohe, Oahu – 77
Kahului, Maui – 80
Hilo, Hawaii – 74
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 81
Temperatures early Thursday morning ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at the 4 a.m. hour:
Honolulu – 74
Hilo airport – 69
Precipitation Totals – The following numbers represent the largest precipitation totals during the last 24 hours (as of early Thursday morning) on each of the major islands, including:
1.95 MOLOAA DAIRY, KAUAI
1.53 SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, OAHU
0.04 MOLOKAI
0.02 LANAI
0.00 KAHOOLAWE
0.02 KULA BRANCH STATION, MAUI
3.28 PAHALA, BIG ISLAND
Weather Chart – Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map…showing a 1027 millibar high pressure system to the ENE of the islands. At the same time, we find a gale low pressure system to the NW….with troughing to our west. This will keep light and variable winds blowing today into Friday. Here’s a Weather Map Symbol page for clarification about what all those funny weather symbols mean.
Hawaii’s Mountains – Here’s a link to the live webcam on the summit of near 14,000 foot Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii. The tallest peak on the island of Maui is the Haleakala Crater, which is near 10,000 feet in elevation. These two webcams are only available during the daylight hours here in the islands…that is unless there’s a big moon rising just after sunset for an hour or two!
Satellite Images – To view the cloud conditions we have here in Hawaii, please use the following satellite links, starting off with the Infrared Satellite Image of the islands to see all the clouds around the state during the day and night. This next image is one that gives close images of the islands only during the daytime hours, and is referred to as a Close-up visible image. This next image shows a larger view of the Pacific…giving perspective to the wider ranging cloud patterns in the Pacific Ocean…out from the islands. To help you keep track of where any showers may be around the islands, here’s the latest animated radar image.
Aloha Paragraphs
Don’t worry…we will see nice sunny weather again!
The threat of locally heavy rains continues across the entire Hawaiian Island chain. The island of Kauai has endured the most damage, with extensive flood problems…leading to loss of life! The islands of Oahu and the Big Island too, have seen heavy rains falling in places as well. The central islands of Maui County haven’t seen the heavy downpours, although it’s just a matter of time before they too get wetter. A flash flood watch remains active statewide through Friday.
All weather guidance, including computer models, weather maps, and satellite imagery, show more rain on the way. A trough of low pressure, the cause of all this rainy weather, remains to the west of the state Wednesday. However, this trough is expected to shift eastward, which will bring it even closer to Hawaii. The atmospheric dynamics remain very shower prone, with abundant moisture flooding towards, and over the islands…fueling the heavy precipitation.
The upper winds are carrying copious tropical cloudiness over Hawaii. We see a multi-layered canopy of high, middle, and low clouds streaming our way. The lower level clouds are stacked vertically, and when they get stuck over any one area, what we call anchored in the weather business, we see floods occurring. These incoming clouds, when they get hung up on physical terrain features, that’s where the heaviest and most prolonged rainfall occurs. This type of situation has contributed greatly to the flooding rains of late.
We will have to live with this off and on inclement weather through the end of this work week. There hasn’t been much winds at least, and with the breezes coming up from the deep tropics, it has been warm and rather muggy near sea level. There certainly hasn’t been much sunshine lately, although it hasn’t been totally cloudy…with some short sunny periods popping-out here and there at times. I think that’s about the best I can say in terms of any positive aspect to this late winter weather pattern. As I was saying in yesterday’s narrative, its difficult to put much of a bright spin to the current situation!
Looking further ahead, as we get into the weekend, we’ll find the trade winds likely back. This is somewhat good news, at least for folks along the leeward beach areas, where the visitor resorts are located. On the other hand, the folks who live out along the windward sides, will likely see continued showers falling. The long range computer forecast models are suggesting that we’d see off and on rainy weather continuing into the first half of next week. Although, before we get too overly serious about that somewhat depressing outlook, let’s wait another couple of days and see if the models change their mind about that.
It’s early Wednesday evening here in Kula, Maui, as I start this sunset commentary. Today was yet another mostly cloudy day here on Maui. Once again we saw a minimum amount of showers, except out along the Kaupo Gap through Hana areas. There was an Urban and Small Stream flood advisory posted for that east through SE part of east Maui. There was a considerable amount of high and middle level clouds, which really didn’t let any sunshine through. The rest of the state saw heavier showers in places, although there really wasn’t all that much flooding overall. The dynamics remain in place though, for more heavy showers, and localized flooding through Thursday into Friday. The missing persons on Kauai, those unfortunate folks who got swept away by the floods on Kauai recently, have not been found yet. I suppose there is still hope, although the prospects are becoming dimmer and dimmer. The day is ending in an overcast way, statewide, which has become rather routine lately! Just like everything else in life though, nothing lasts forever, and so this prolonged spell of inclement weather will end its current regime eventually, don’t give up hope folks. I’ll be back early Thursday morning with the next new narrative, have a good night until then. Aloha for now…Glenn.
Added Feature: Fact: this website receives between 6,000 and 17,000+ page impressions per day, depending upon the weather and the season. As of Wednesday evening, March’s total count has been 155,682….which is an average 10,000+ a day! That’s a lot of folks looking at all the pages on this site, including the new and useful links on the left hand margin. There’s now a way that you can have a link go from this popular website, directly to yours. It may be a good way to increase traffic to your own website. This placement on the Links List is available for $50 per month, with a three month minimum. That brings with it three months of possible higher than normal visitors to your business, or your own personal website…for just $150. My hope is that it will provide an important way that you can increase the presence of your site to lots of internet viewers. It may be a good way to highlight your internet business to folks who may already be interested in most things Hawaiian. Please email me, or leave a message in the reply box below, if you have some interest in this proposal. A link to your site will be displayed along the left hand margin of all the pages on this website, in alphabetical order.
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March 14-15 2006
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across Hawaii Tuesday:
Lihue, Kauai – 76F
Honolulu, Oahu – 78
Kaneohe, Oahu – 79
Kahului, Maui – 85
Hilo, Hawaii – 72
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 81
Temperatures early Wednesday morning ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at the 4 a.m. hour:
Kaneohe, Oahu- 76
Kahului airport – 69
Precipitation Totals – The following numbers represent the largest precipitation totals during the last 24 hours (as of early Wednesday morning) on each of the major islands, including:
6.15 LIHUE AIRPORT, KAUAI
3.45 KAHUKU, OAHU
0.12 MOLOKAI
0.15 LANAI
0.00 KAHOOLAWE
0.34 KAUPO GAP, MAUI
4.85 PALI 2, BIG ISLAND
Weather Chart – Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map…showing a 1025 millibar high pressure system to the NE of the islands. At the same time, we find a gale low pressure system to the NW….with troughing to our west. This will keep light SE to south winds blowing today, becoming light ESE or east on Thursday. Here’s a Weather Map Symbol page for clarification about what all those funny weather symbols mean.
Hawaii’s Mountains – Here’s a link to the live webcam on the summit of near 14,000 foot Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii. The tallest peak on the island of Maui is the Haleakala Crater, which is near 10,000 feet in elevation. These two webcams are only available during the daylight hours here in the islands…that is unless there’s a big moon rising just after sunset for an hour or two!
Satellite Images – To view the cloud conditions we have here in Hawaii, please use the following satellite links, starting off with the Infrared Satellite Image of the islands to see all the clouds around the state during the day and night. This next image is one that gives close images of the islands only during the daytime hours, and is referred to as a Close-up visible image. This next image shows a larger view of the Pacific…giving perspective to the wider ranging cloud patterns in the Pacific Ocean…out from the islands. To help you keep track of where any showers may be around the islands, here’s the latest animated radar image.
Aloha Paragraphs
Island Rainbow
The overall weather conditions across the state of Hawaii remain unsettled, and shower prone. The islands of Niihau, Kauai, and Oahu will be under the greatest threat of locally heavy rain at the moment. As we move through the next several days, the islands of Maui County, and the Big Island will take their turn getting wet too. We aren’t just talking about a few sprinkles here by the way! As a matter of fact, heavy, even torrential rains could fall in some of the most flood prone spots on each of the islands today through Thursday.
The NWS forecast office in Honolulu continues to have an active flash flood watch for the entire state through Thursday. This makes it perfectly clear, that locally heavy rains have a very good chance of making the next several days much wetter than normal. It goes hand in hand, that heavy rains spell out the high likelihood of flooding. Flash flooding will be most serious over the Kauai (western) end of the island chain Tuesday. The eastern end of the chain, what we call the Big Island side, will probably wait until Wednesday and Thursday to have problems.
As has been the case for the last three major heavy rain events, over the last several weeks…the culprit is a trough of low pressure to the west of the state. Low pressure to our west will keep our overlying atmosphere unstable, with lots of moisture laden air being directed right over the Aloha state. The meteorological dynamics will remain in place through Thursday for a continued threat of off and on heavy rains. The latest computer forecast models indicate that Friday and Saturday should bring a break from the heavy precipitation.
Unfortunately, they go on to point out yet another trough approaching the state Sunday, into early next week…Geez! This is still a bit too far out to totally “cement into place” just yet. However, the models have been doing a very good (or is it bad!) job of forecasting these rainy periods. Thus, we should probably plan for another round of potentially heavy rain late this coming weekend into the first day or two of next week at least. The problem here is that the soil will be very saturated by then, and for that matter is already super-saturated where the recent heavy rains have fallen, leading to potentially more flooding!
It’s early Tuesday evening here in Kula, Maui, as I begin today’s late sunset commentary. Here’s a satellite image, and a radar image link too, so that you can keep track of what’s going on with all this rainy weather. This Satellite image will let you know where the most dense, rain bearing clouds are focusing their efforts. This Radar image will show you specifically where the most intense rainfall is occurring. I just got home, about an hour later than usual. I had to stay late at the Pacific Disaster Center, my regular day job, as we were huddling over the best way to address supporting the State Civil Defense Agency, during this time of extreme flooding on Kauai. Kauai had at least one death today, as a dam breach occurred, with seven others still missing. One body was found in the ocean a mile offshore by the Coast Guard. As noted in the paragraphs above, the unfortunate thing is that another couple of days of inclement weather, with more potential heavy rains and flooding are in the forecast. Please, if you are here in the islands, use the utmost caution when driving, and be prepared to take evasive action if you get caught in flash flood conditions. I’ll be back with another new narrative first thing Wednesday morning, be well until then. Aloha for now…Glenn.
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March 13-14 2006
Air Temperatures — The following maximum temperatures were recorded across Hawaii Monday:
Lihue, Kauai – 77F
Honolulu, Oahu – 80
Kaneohe, Oahu – 77
Kahului, Maui – 86
Hilo, Hawaii – 71
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 83
Temperatures early Tuesday morning ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at the 4 a.m. hour:
Kaneohe, Oahu- 73
Lihue, Kauai airport – 66
Precipitation Totals — The following numbers represent the largest precipitation totals during the last 24 hours (as of Tuesday morning) on each of the major islands, including:
6.88 MOUNT WAIALEALE, KAUAI
6.00 POAMOHO 2, OAHU
0.03 MOLOKAI
0.02 LANAI
0.00 KAHOOLAWE
4.24 KAUPO GAP, MAUI
2.77 PIIHONUA, BIG ISLAND
Weather Chart — Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map…showing a 1032 millibar high pressure system to the north of the islands. At the same time, we find a gale low pressure system to the WNW. This will keep light SE winds blowing today, becoming lighter on Wednesday. Here’s a Weather Map Symbol page for clarification about what all those funny weather symbols mean.
Hawaii’s Mountains — Here’s a link to the live webcam on the summit of near 14,000 foot Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii. The tallest peak on the island of Maui is the Haleakala Crater, which is near 10,000 feet in elevation. These two webcams are only available during the daylight hours here in the islands…that is unless there’s a big moon rising just after sunset for an hour or two!
Satellite Images — To view the cloud conditions we have here in Hawaii, please use the following satellite links, starting off with the Infrared Satellite Image of the islands to see all the clouds around the state during the day and night. This next image is one that gives close images of the islands only during the daytime hours, and is referred to as a Close-up visible image. This next image shows a larger view of the Pacific…giving perspective to the wider ranging cloud patterns in the Pacific Ocean…out from the islands. To help you keep track of where any showers may be around the islands, here’s the latest animated radar image.
Aloha Paragraphs
Early morning sunshine in the islands!
It appears that we have yet another unusual week coming up, at least in terms of weather. Monday will be a transition day, as we still have the trade winds blowing. There will likely be some passing shower activity along the windward coasts and slopes. The entire state finds a mixture of high and middle level cloudiness however, which will keep the day partly to mostly cloudy. The chance for increasing clouds and showers will be more pronounced later today into the night.
The culprit for all the cloudiness around now, is a trough of low pressure to the west of the islands now. The computer forecast models continue to show this trough edging westward towards our islands. As this trough gets a little closer, we’re going to move into what looks like another off and on rainy week. The overlying atmosphere will become destabilized as the trough nears, which could trigger localized heavy showers starting later today into Tuesday.
The general outlook isn’t a particularly favorable one, as many parts of the state saw a rainy period the previous week…and the week before that too! This isn’t going to be a total wash out though, as the showers will be of the hit and miss variety. All the islands will find shower activity at times, but it’s not going to be raining constantly for days and days. On the other hand, it doesn’t look like this last week of winter is going to be a banner one in terms of dry sunny weather either!
The prospect for rainy weather is strong enough, that the NWS forecast office in Honolulu has issued a flash flood watch statewide…through Thursday. This is rather unusual, to have such a long lasting notice of flash flooding potential on all the islands. The winds during this time are expected to blow from the SE, and may come up from the south eventually. This will bring warm moist air over the Hawaiian islands, which will be used as fuel for the showers that will be falling locally…some of which will be heavy just about anywhere in the state.
I wish I had a brighter forecast this week, but unfortunately I don’t. What makes it even worse is all the cloudiness that we’ve had off and on over the last month. Some parts of the state have been wetter than others during this time, and in particular they’ve been Kauai, Oahu, and the Big Island. The islands of Maui, Molokai and Lanai haven’t seen such widespread precipitation. As long as the winds are coming up from the SE, Maui County may continue to sidestep the heaviest rains, although once they become southerly, then even these central islands will be wetter.
It’s early Monday evening here in Kula, Maui, as I start this evenings sunset commentary. Sunset…what sunset?! It’s simply getting darker, with a sky full of clouds. This Satellite image pretty much tells the story, with mostly cloudy weather stretched from one end of the state to the other. This Radar image showed that most of whatever showers were around, at least the heaviest, were near or over Niihau, and Kauai and Oahu. I had the Maui News call me today and ask “what’s up with the flash flood watch over the County?” I simply said that there’s a continued threat of locally heavy showers now through Thursday or Friday. It’s really turning out to be incredibly shower prone here in the islands now, after three other locally heavy rainfall events in the state during the last 3-4 weeks! Maui has missed the heaviest rains so far, although the pressure is on now. It certainly hasn’t been cold, as with the SE winds, the air is coming up from the deep tropics. During my lunch time beach walk and swim this afternoon, and despite the cloudy skies, it was warm as toast. I’ll be back first thing Tuesday morning, with more pertinent information about this potential heavy rain experience here in the islands. Aloha for now…Glenn.
Added Feature: Fact: this website receives between 6,000 and 12,000+ page impressions per day, depending upon the weather and the season. As of early Tuesday morning, March’s total count has been 124,926. There’s now a way that you can have a link go from this popular website, directly to yours. It may be a good way to increase traffic to your own webpages. This placement on the Links List is available for $50 per month, with a three month minimum. That brings with it three months of possible higher than normal visiters to your business, or your own personal website…for just $150. My hope is that it will provide an important way that you can greatly increase the presence of your site to lots of internet viewers. It may be a good way to highlight your internet business to folks who may already be interested in most things Hawaiian. Please email me, or leave a message in the reply box below, if you have some interest in this proposal. A link to your site will be displayed along the left hand margin of all the pages on this website, in alphabetical order.
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March 12-13 2006
Air Temperatures — The following maximum temperatures were recorded across Hawaii Sunday:
Lihue, Kauai – 76F
Honolulu, Oahu – 79
Kaneohe, Oahu – 76
Kahului, Maui -Â 81Â
Hilo, Hawaii – 78
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 82
Temperatures early Monday morning ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at the 4 a.m. hour:
Kaneohe, Oahu- 74
Hilo airport – 67
Precipitation Totals — The following numbers represent the largest precipitation totals during the last 24 hours (as of Monday morning) on each of the major islands, including:
3.16 MOUNT WAIALEALE, KAUAI
0.59 NUUANU UPPER, OAHU
0.12 MOLOKAI
0.10 LANAI
0.00 KAHOOLAWE
1.91Â WEST WAILUAIKI, MAUI
0.85 GLENWOOD, BIG ISLAND
Weather Chart — Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map…showing a 1033 millibar high pressure system to the north of the islands. At the same time, we find a trough of low pressure to the west. This will keep trade winds blowing today, becoming lighter and from the SE Tuesday. Here’s a Weather Map Symbol page for clarification about what all those funny weather symbols mean.
Hawaii’s Mountains — Here’s a link to the live webcam on the summit of near 14,000 foot Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii. The tallest peak on the island of Maui is the Haleakala Crater, which is near 10,000 feet in elevation. These two webcams are only available during the daylight hours here in the islands…that is unless there’s a big moon rising just after sunset for an hour or two!
Satellite Images — To view the cloud conditions we have here in Hawaii, please use the following satellite links, starting off with the Infrared Satellite Image of the islands to see all the clouds around the state during the day and night. This next image is one that gives close images of the islands only during the daytime hours, and is referred to as a Close-up visible image. This next image shows a larger view of the Pacific…giving perspective to the wider ranging cloud patterns in the Pacific Ocean…out from the islands. To help you keep track of where any showers may be around the islands, here’s the latest animated radar image.
Aloha Paragraphs
Early mornings in Hawaii
The recent rains of late, some of which were heavy enough to flood, are now gone…at least for the time being. Saturday was actually quite a nice sunny day, which was much appreciated by visitors and residents alike! There were still some showers around, most noteably on the Kona slopes of the Big Island, and in a few other places too. It appears that we’ll see more or less nice weather Sunday and Monday.
The latest computer forecast models have continued to indicate a deep trough positioning itself to our west by Tuesday…what else is new! This trough, with its destabilizing influence, will likely cause showers to increase, with some of them becoming locally heavy during the new week ahead. They will be fueled by moisture bearing SE winds once again. These clouds have a tendency to focus their heaviest showers, their flood producing downpours, in certain areas of the islands…especially where clouds become anchored by the physical terrain features.
If we were to totally believe what the models are saying, we would be pronouncing more flooding rainfall, which is being done by the NWS forecast office in Honolulu now. The soils in some parts of the state are saturated. This type of soil has a tendency to slip, and to allow water to run right over it, rather than sinking in….which contributes to flooding. As always, we need to monitor this developing situation, and fine tune the weather prospects as we move forward.Â
Those same weather models paint rather a gloomy picture for well into the future. The aforementioned trough of low pressure to our west is shown to migrate eastward, and end up right over, or at least very near our islands for quite a prolonged period of time. If this were to happen as the models point out, we could see lots more rain falling in places across the Aloha state, with potential flooding in those wettest places. I will keep you posted with new information as it becomes available.
I’m surprised to find more rain on the weather horizon. As I mentioned the other day, if we look at this winter as a whole, it isn’t an abnormally wet one. Although, if we look at the last month or so, adding up rainfall totals for just that period of time, it would be much more rainy than usual! Not all the islands have received so much rain, and actually Maui County has seen very little of this excessive precipitation, which is often the case when we have SE winds blowing. It’s still too early to tell where this coming weeks rains will fall most intently.
It’s early Sunday evening here in Kula, Maui. This has been a fun day in my life, with the highpoint being an excursion to the south coast for a kayaking adventure. We paddled out one or two miles, before stopping…. as two whales swam by 50 or so feet in front of us! They spouted nearby and I could hear the sound perfectly, even tried to smell the moist exhaust from this large smooth Humpback…before a wide tail rose, the last sight before it dove deep, and was gone. We were both totally blown away, in awe of being in close proximity to such a large marine creature. It was one of those occasions that would easily qualify as a spiritual experience in my life….graced actually. When we got back to shore a person invited us to eat lunch, out of the blue (the deepest blue ocean by the way), just…”here, have this sandwich, these potato chips, these pickles, this cold water, those chocolate chip cookies.” When I went into the health food store in Makawao on the way back home, the produce person told me how much he enjoyed my TV weather show. Let me say this: I feel honored to be weather’s representative to deliver weather news to you, on a daily basis. I want to acknowledge everyone who somehow or other logs onto this weather website, we make it what it is. The clouds just cleared, and as I look out the window, there it is! It is large enough to call full to me, friendly March full moon. Aloha for now…Glenn.
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